By Daniel Neman, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

My friends Mike and Robin have been on the keto diet for a couple of years. They lost a ton of weight, and they look fit and trim better than Ive ever seen them, and Ive known them more than 30 years.

Their results are not unusual. The keto diet often leads to rapid weight loss.

The trick lies in keeping it off. Mike and Robin have done it well, but a lot of people cant. And therein lies a problem, according to Jennifer McDaniel, a registered dietitian and the owner of McDaniel Nutrition Therapy in St. Louis.

While you might gain benefits in the short term just like any other restrictive diet, most people like, 90% of the people have trouble staying on it. When they lose the weight and they cant maintain the weight that they attained, thats just another failed diet, she said.

The keto diet is a high-fat, low-carbohydrates diet its like the Atkins diet on steroids, McDaniel said. People on the diet strive to consume 70% to 80% of their calories through fats, as little as 5% through carbohydrates and the rest through protein.

This helps us lose weight because it forces our bodies to burn fat for energy instead of its preferred fuel, carbohydrates.

McDaniel recommends that her clients not go on the keto diet. The diet changes the microbiome in their bodies (the bacteria, fungi and more that live inside us). It is difficult for people on the diet to consume enough fiber, which can lead to constipation and other gastrointestinal nastiness. And because carbohydrates hold onto water, people on the diet are often dehydrated, she said.

And yet, as Mike and Robin and thousands of others can attest, it works. So I decided to try a few recipes to see how they tasted.

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The rules of the keto diet are highly restrictive, which can make cooking difficult. You need to avoid fruit, sugars, grains, beans and legumes, rice, potatoes, candy and juice.

Ingredients to be encouraged include meat, fatty fish, eggs, butter and cream, cheese, nuts and seeds, certain oils (olive, avocado, coconut) and low-carb vegetables most green vegetables, tomatoes, onions, peppers and the like.

Its a lot to take in, so I began with a simple and entirely wonderful dish of Citrus-Marinated Olives. These are a marvelous treat, combining the heady earthiness of olives with bright notes of orange and lemon. Though the flavors are disparate, they work surprisingly well together.

Best of all, you make them in mere minutes.

Another winner was Keto Egg Cups, a dish that concisely presents everything that is good about keto cooking: Little cups made from prosciutto hold eggs mixed with cream, spinach, roasted red peppers and mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses.

Its a delightful conglomeration of high-fat goodies that come together into a hand-held snack. And its just as fun at room temperature as it is warm.

Two entrees came next. First, I took a recipe for Instant-Pot Keto Mediterranean Chicken and made it a recipe for Keto Mediterranean Chicken Without an Instant Pot. It only took about five minutes longer than the Instant-Pot version, and it was deeply satisfying.

Ill admit, though, that I could not commit to full keto cooking with this one. As written, the recipe calls for searing six chicken thighs and then cooking the dish in the resulting fat.

My six thighs rendered out a half cup of fat. I just couldnt do it. I couldnt cook with and I certainly couldnt eat that much fat. I know the keto diet requires what seems like a shocking amount of fat to work, but I just couldnt see it. I poured out half of the fat, and the dish still felt greasy to me.

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Greasy, but delicious. Meaty chicken thighs are paired with olives, capers, oregano and a cutting splash of vinegar. Its presented with a fresh-tasting yogurt sauce, making an impressive presentation. Id happily eat it anytime, especially if I poured out all but one tablespoon of that fat.

The other entree, Keto Breaded Chicken Cutlets, isnt bad but Id only make it again if I were on the keto diet. The chicken is dredged through almond flour before frying, which gives it a duller flavor than wheat flour.

With wheat flour, the same recipe would be excellent, if familiar. If youre on the keto diet, almond flour is definitely the way to go. Just be sure to use a lot of salt.

The last dish I made was a dessert called Black and White Keto Fat Bombs. Seriously, thats the name, and seriously, thats what they are. They are chocolate-and-vanilla candies that are made with coconut oil and almonds, plus low-carb, powdered sweetener, sugar-free vanilla extract and unsweetened cocoa powder.

How did they taste? Not bad, actually, or at least not too bad. But the texture was so oily and off-putting that most taste testers threw away their samples. One said it was like eating butter.

If youre on the keto diet and youre looking for an extra infusion of fat, then Id say to go ahead and make it. Otherwise, this is one to avoid.

My friend Robin swears by the keto diet and says she is passionate about it. Her health indicators are all great, and she says she has higher energy and alertness. And though the diet is restrictive, she likes what she can eat: cheese, olive oil, butter, nuts and dark chocolate.

The biggest thing she misses is fruit, but she does not miss the 40 pounds she lost.

Then again, I have another friend, Roger, who lost 65 pounds. He just eats more healthfully and mindfully, and walks every day. That sounds easier.

BLACK AND WHITE KETO FAT BOMBS

Yield: 15 servings

2 cups slivered almonds

1 cup coconut oil

1 to 2 tablespoons of your favorite low-carb powdered sweetener

1 teaspoon orange zest

2 teaspoons vanilla extract (sugar-free if on keto diet)

Small pinch salt

2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

Line a mini-muffin tin with mini liners.

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Pulse and then process the almonds, oil, sweetener, vanilla, zest and salt until smooth except for small chunks of almond (like chunky peanut butter). Remove half to a small bowl and stir in the cocoa powder.

Fill half of one liner with the vanilla mixture and then quickly fill the other half with the chocolate mixture (it should remind you of a black-and-white cookie). Repeat with the remaining vanilla and chocolate mixtures. Tap the tin on the counter a few times.

Freeze until solid, about 30 minutes. You can remove the liners if youd like. Refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 5 days.

Per serving: 243 calories; 24 g fat; 13 g saturated fat; no cholesterol; 4 g protein; 5 g carbohydrate; 1 g sugar; 3 g fiber; 155 mg sodium; 53 mg calcium

Source: Food Network

KETO MEDITERRANEAN CHICKEN

Yield: 4 servings

1 tablespoon olive oil

8 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs

Salt and pepper

3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced

1 cup pitted kalamata olives

2 tablespoons capers

2 tablespoons white wine vinegar

1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano

1 cup whole-milk Greek yogurt

1/4 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped

2 tablespoons fresh mint leaves, roughly chopped

1 teaspoon lemon zest

1 tablespoon lemon juice

Heat oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Liberally sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper and cook half of the pieces, skin-side down, until the skin is deeply browned, 6 to 8 minutes. Flip and cook until the other side is deeply browned, 4 to 6 minutes. Transfer to a plate and repeat with remaining pieces of chicken.

Pour out all but 1 tablespoon of the fat (if on the keto diet, keep all the fat in the pot). Return pot to heat and add garlic; cook until golden brown, about 1 minute. Add the olives, capers, vinegar, oregano and 1/2 cup water; stir to combine and to scrape up any browned bits at the bottom of the pot. Return chicken pieces to pot and stir to mix.

Cover and cook at a simmer until chicken is done, about 30 minutes. Remove the chicken and boil the sauce to reduce it by half.

Meanwhile, mix the yogurt, parsley, mint, lemon zest and lemon juice, plus a large pinch of salt and pepper. Stir to combine. Taste and season with more salt and pepper, if needed.

Serve the chicken with its sauce, and the yogurt sauce on the side.

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Per serving (nutrition calculated using all the fat from step 2): 627 calories; 48 g fat; 12 g saturated fat; 285 mg cholesterol; 42 g protein; 5 g carbohydrate; 1 g sugar; 2 g fiber; 1,146 mg sodium; 91 mg calcium

Source: Adapted from a recipe by the Food Network

KETO EGG CUPS

Yield: 3 servings

1 tablespoon butter, see note

6 large, thin slices of prosciutto

1/3 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

1/4 cup grated Parmesan

1/4 cup packed baby spinach leaves, chopped

1/4 cup roasted red peppers, chopped

6 large eggs

1/4 cup heavy cream

Salt and pepper

Note: To make this recipe even more keto-friendly, instead of greasing the muffin tin with 1 tablespoon of butter, melt 2 tablespoons and brush the tin with it. It will pool in the bottom of each cup, but that is OK.

Position an oven rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees.

Grease the cups of a muffin tin with the 1 tablespoon of butter (or brush with 2 tablespoons of melted butter). Line each cup with a slice of prosciutto, folding and overlapping so that the entire surface of the cup is covered and no metal is peeking through. Divide the mozzarella evenly among the cups. Repeat with the Parmesan, spinach and roasted red peppers.

Whisk the eggs and cream in a large measuring cup or small pitcher; add some salt and a few grinds of pepper. Pour the egg mixture in each cup, making sure not to overfill.

Bake until the eggs are set and wobble only slightly, 10 to 12 minutes (the eggs will continue to cook after they come out). Let cool 5 minutes, then use a thin knife or offset spatula, if necessary, to loosen the prosciutto from the edges of each cup. Transfer to a plate for serving.

Per serving: 321 calories; 22 g fat; 10 g saturated fat; 426 mg cholesterol; 28 g protein; 4g carbohydrate; 1 g sugar; 1 g fiber; 1,779 mg sodium; 272 mg calcium

Source: Food Network

CITRUS-MARINATED OLIVES

Yield: 4 to 6 servings

1/4 cup olive oil

1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

2 sprigs fresh thyme

1 garlic clove, thinly sliced

1 strip lemon zest, removed with a vegetable peeler

1 strip orange zest, removed with a vegetable peeler

Salt and pepper

1 cup Castelvetrano olives

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 tablespoon orange juice

Heat the olive oil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the red pepper flakes, thyme, garlic, lemon zest, orange zest, salt and pepper to taste and cook, stirring occasionally, until garlic is pale golden, about 2 minutes. Stir in olives and cook until just warm, 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice and orange juice. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Per serving (based on 4): 167 calories; 18 g fat; 3 g saturated fat; no cholesterol; 1 g protein; 4 g carbohydrate; 1 g sugar; 2 g fiber; 829 mg sodium; 39 mg calcium

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Uber Technologies, Inc. UBER released its fourth earnings report since going public in May. The company incurred a loss of 64 cents per share (or net loss of $1.1 billion, up 24% year over year) in the fourth quarter of 2019, narrower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 68 cents. Moreover, the amount of loss decreased year over year. However, total revenues of $4,069 million missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4,099.8 million but rose 37% year over year.

The better-than expected bottom-line performance coupled with the companys commentary that it will reap profits on an adjusted basis by the fourth quarter of 2020, boosted investor confidence in the stock. Consequently, shares of the company rallied more than 5% in after-hours trading on Feb 6. Previously, Uber expected to achieve EBITDA profit for the full year in 2021.

Following an organizational change in the third quarter of 2019, Uber started reporting through five segments, namely Rides, Eats, Freight, Other Bets, and Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) and Other Technology Programs.

In the fourth quarter, majority (75.1%) of the companys revenues came in from Rides, which increased 27% to $3,056 million. Uber Eats revenues jumped 68% to $734 million while Freight revenues soared 75% to $219 million.

Total revenues grew 41% to $2,536 million in the United States and Canada. The same rose 27% to $621 million in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. While total revenues surged 34% to $359 million in the Asia Pacific region, it increased 31% to $553 million in Latin America. Monthly active platform consumers also grew 22% to $111 million.

Gross bookings from Rides improved 18% to $13.51 billion while the same from Eats augmented 71% to $4.37 billion. Gross bookings from Freight also climbed 74% to $219 million. Total gross bookings ascended 28% to $18.13 billion.

Additionally, cost of revenues (excluding depreciation and amortization) at Uber, which competes primarily with Lyft LYFT in the ride hailing market, escalated primarily due to higher driver incentives. Total expenses on sales and marketing shot up 22.1% to $1.25 billion in the reported quarter.

Uber, carrying a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), exited the fourth quarter with cash and cash equivalents of $10.87 billion compared with $6.41 billion at the end of 2018. Long-term debt, net of current portion, at the end of the quarter was $5.71 billion compared with $6.87 billion at 2018 end. You can see the complete list of todays Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

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Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) was one of 2019's most successful IPOs. Shares were priced at $27 but ended their first day of trading at over $37 per share. Today the stock is up over 20% from where it closed that first day, and up over 40% from where the IPO priced. Considering the company's third-quarter 2019 revenue grew 88% year over year, it's easy to understand why Wall Street loves this company.

Investing is always a forward-looking activity. And looking five years into Datadog's future, business should still be booming.

Image source: Datadog.

Datadog's full-year 2019 revenue is expected to come in at $350 million to $352 million -- good for 77% to 80% growth over 2018.This mind-blowing growth demonstrates how important its product is. Companies these days use many cloud products, from cloud computing services like Amazon'sAWS, to communication apps like Slack. The diversity makes enterprise technology complicated, but Datadog, calling itself "cloud agnostic," integrates everything to provide a centralized real-time monitoring platform.

Before it went public, Datadog operated at a smaller loss than it does right now, and was even profitable some quarters. But in the year leading up to its IPO, expenses from research and development outpaced revenue growth, as did sales and marketing expenses.Although this spending makes the company unprofitable, we'll see why it's actually money well spent.

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Datadog, while currently unprofitable, isn't burning through an exorbitant amount of cash. Free cash flow in Q3 was negative $3.7 million, and negative $10 million through the first nine months of 2019. However, the proceeds from its IPO put Datadog in a well-capitalized position. The company has $771 million in cash on the balance sheet and no long-term debt. In short, Datadog can pursue its opportunities over the next five years.

According to a report by IDC, sponsored by data-storage company Seagate, 175 zetabytes of data will be created in 2025.Enterprise is expected to create 80% of that data. Not all data will be stored or tracked, but enterprise will certainly see a growing data pile needing to be addressed from a variety of angles, including what Datadog offers. So, the relevance of its service is only increasing.

Further, Datadog still has many potential enterprise customers to pursue. When it wentpublic, only around 35% of Fortune 100 companies used Datadog, and it still has low market penetration overall.The company estimates its current addressable market at $35 billion -- roughly 100 times Datadog's revenue. Therefore, the increased spending in sales and marketing is a solid choice.

Also, Datadog is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company. When investing in a SaaS company, it's crucial to examine the dollar-based net retention rate. This metric tracks existing customer spending. Datadog is constantly introducing new products, which boosts the dollar-based net retention rate as customers upgrade. When Datadog went public, the dollar-based net retention rate was 146% -- quite high. Not only does this demonstrate how much Datadog's customers love it, it also shows why the increased spending in research and development is another solid choice.

While Datadog obviously has a great product and opportunity, investors should consider the competition. Specifically,Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK) recently announced a $1 billion acquisition of SignalFX -- an application-monitoring company similar to Datadog. An impressive 90 of the Fortune 100 companies are already Splunk customers. As SignalFX integrates into Splunk, those customers could just choose to use Splunk's application monitoring rather than go with Datadog.

Not winning over enough new customers, or even losing customers to the competition, would slow Datadog's revenue growth. And that would likely be devastating to Datadog's stock. It currently trades at 44 times sales -- one of the highest price-to-sales ratios out there. For comparison, Splunk trades at around 12 times sales, but its revenue is only growing 30%. The market justifies Datadog's higher valuation because of its 88% revenue growth. But if the growth rate slows significantly, Datadog's valuation would get adjusted.

That said, competition goes both ways. While investors should assess the risk of Splunk and others, Datadog could likewise introduce products to steal business away from Splunk. The company introduced 15 new products and functionalities in Q3 alone. So it's possible this company will keep punching above its weight class.

The stock isn't without risk, but there's reason to believe Datadog can keep growing at a very high rate. Enormous data creation will keep its product in demand. Low market penetration gives it the opportunity to keep growing. And high net-dollar revenue retention showscurrent customers like it enough to expand the relationship -- suggesting more companies will like Datadog if they try it.

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Is really, really fast just your speed? The new hyper-lightweight, obscenely powerful Ducati V4 ... [+] Superleggera is your bike - but there's only going to be 500 of them.

Now thats a perk. Yes, Ducati has produced a positively bonkers bespoke velocity tool in the new V4 Superleggera (thats Italian for fast as hell and as spendy as you might imagine), but for the 500 lucky buyers of the rapid red 234hp street-legal land missile, the most interesting feature might be the chance to throw a leg over the actual race bike the Superleggera is based on and get in some ultra-hot laps at the Mugello racetrack in Tuscany, Italy. More on that below.

No price has been announced for Ducatis latest two-wheeled pice de rsistance, internally known as Project 1708, but seeing as how the last Superleggera went for about $70,000 per copy, we expect this even higher-performing masterpiece will cost that or more. But as is usually the case with Ducatis limited edition hyperbikes, you do get what you pay for. In this case, that includes nearly all-carbon fiber construction - frame, wheels, bodywork - for a stunning weight of 350 pounds in street trim, and 335 pounds when prepped for the track. Much of the weight loss for track trim comes from fitment of a track-only (yeah, ha ha) exhaust system made from titanium and possibly ground unicorn horns. Both the Superleggeras street and track weights are actually well below the 370-pound minimum weight World Superbike imposes on their racing machines!

As mentioned earlier, Ducati has apparently once again found a way to extract even more energy from a drop of liquid dinosaur as the positively howling naturally aspirated Desmosedici Stradale V4 power plant - downsized to 998cc from the Panigale V4s 1098cc mill to cut weight - cranks out 224 ponies for relaxed cruising around town with your pals and 234hp for scorching those pals at the track in race trim. The gives the Superleggera a power-to-weight ratio of 1.54 horsepower for every one kilogram. Compare that to, say, a full-pop Porsche 911 GT3 RS thats hauling 2.7kg for every horsepower and you can begin to glimpse the acceleration that lies in wait with the Superleggeras inverse P:W figure.

Safely controlling all that juice is beyond the scope of most humans, so the Superleggera is sporting some serious rider tech including two race modes and five user-settable riding modes (Fast, Even Faster and OMG would be some of my naming choices), a broad swath of ABS systems, traction control, quick shifter, slide control for MotoGP-worthy corner exits and a very comprehensive color LCD panel to toggle all of your tweaks and tuning. Proprietary Brembo brakes and hlins best suspenders are standard fare, natch, as is LED lighting all around and a properly noisy dry clutch.

Is this your track day riding style? It'll need to to be if you want to qualify for a ride on the ... [+] Ducati Superbike - or MotoGP machine.

The look of the Superleggera is a cross between art, purpose and design dictates, including not one but two sets of downforce-creating wings sprouting from the front fairing, which may be the bikes only stylistic sore points. Maybe they have quick releases for street riding? Ill check into it. But the wings are there for good reason as Ducati says they create even more more needed track-riding traction enhancement than the system on the equally powerful (but heavier) Panigale V4 R.

If youre rolling your eyes at these power and weight figures, then youre probably racing professionally or close to it, or youre a bit full of yourself. Want to find out which? Then reel one in and take advantage of Ducatis invitation to show your chops aboard their actual World Superbike machine, and if youre really down for the sickness, option up for one of the 30 spots to take a few laps on their pinnacle GP20 MotoGP machine. There are a ton of asterisks, of course, including weight and height requirements, and seasoned Ducati factory riders eyeballing your skillz before they let you go anywhere near their multi-million dollar racing stallions. But if thats you, have at it.

Going fast? Just wing it! The Superleggera sports four sculpted airfoils to help push the front end ... [+] down at speed. Perhaps not the prettiest of things, but needed.

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In order to play the lead role in Joker, Joaquin Phoenix underwent a dramatic transformation, and as a result he looks truly, unsettlingly emaciated in the film. The 44-year-old actor lost a shocking 52 pounds ahead of shooting, and he's just revealed the drastic methods it took to achieve such significant weight loss.

In a recent interview with Access Hollywood, Phoenix explained that he sought medical guidance in order to ensure that he was able to lose the weight safely. "Its something Ive done before and you work with a doctor regimented and overseen and safe," he said.

The old adage might dictate that an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but the rumor mill soon had fans believing that Phoenix was, in fact, following extreme medical advice and eating just an apple a day in order to keep losing the weight but he says that's not true.

"It wasnt an apple a day," he said. "No, youve also got lettuce and steamed green beans."

Such a vast reduction in his daily calorie intake meant that Phoenix was able to drop 52 pounds, all the while resisting temptation in the form of Joker director Todd Phillips. "Todd did have these f**king pretzels that I love," he said. "And hed just have bags of them in his office! And that was difficult."

Pushing yourself to extremes in order to play the Joker has become something of a fashion in Hollywood in the last decade. Jared Leto got extremely lean and played a series of bizarre, sinister pranks on his castmates in order to get into character for Suicide Squad, and Heath Ledger's performance in The Dark Knight earned him a posthumous Oscar (and, arguably, helped popularize the idea that playing the Joker is akin to playing Hamlet). The arduous process is also what helped snag Phoenix a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, and a SAG Award, and he's the favorite to win the Best Actor Oscar at the 2020 Oscars.

Needless to say, just like the increasingly nefarious behavior of the title character in Joker, this kind of diet isn't something that should be emulated in real life.

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PORTLAND The NBA trade deadline came and went, and to the surprise of no one around the team, the Spurs stood pat. Its what theyve almost always done: Dont deal prospects, dont empty your supply of draft picks, continue to build from the inside and trust in the process thats led to all the success over the years.

But this year theres a sense of urgency that isnt normal in San Antonio. The Spurs let another lead slip away. This time, unlike the loss to the Clippers on Monday, the Spurs fell to a team thats neck and neck with them in the race for that final playoff spot in the West and the season has begun a slow spiral toward a place of which many San Antonio fans have no recollection.

Its almost as if the Spurs are finding themselves near the Bermuda Triangle of the NBA: Basically, what the (bleep) is happening and will San Antonios ship simply sink around the leagues funnel and...

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